Swimming Pool Scene RESIDENTIAL POOL SCENE


ON THE LEVEL


Tanby Pools took pool design to the next level with this tiered project in Essex.


The pool was just one part of an extensive rebuild of the entire


property, with many trades working on the house, new tennis court, landscaped koi ponds with waterfalls and multi-level gardens.


“The client was a city trader who had purchased more land to extend his grounds and this needed the wow factor,” explains Tanby’s Martin Borley.


“It was important that all the trades worked considerately alongside one another,” adds Martin, “As the garden was on several levels, we suggested that we could create a vanishing


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edge pool that would cascade down a flume into the balance tank that could double up as a spa. Concept agreed, Tanby set about creating a project that made the most of the huge variances in ground levels, with a high wall on the infinity edge and a spa overlooking the tennis courts. Says Martin, “The pearlescent tiles that we introduced to the client stand out. They continue over the vanishing edge, right down the high wall, the flume and the spa, with the running water creating a rainbow of colour from the tennis court beneath.”


Although access proved a challenge and full shuttering was required to create the vanishing edge, the sprayed concrete


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